English Explanatory Dictionary

bay window

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
  2. A protruding belly.
  3. The stomach of a pregnant woman.

Word forms

bay window bay windows

Etymology

From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.

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